Well I Just Saved About $6,000 In Five Minutes...Always Get A Second Opinion...

[gaijin]

SURGEON's CUT bro.
Count on "surgery" being the only option they come up with.
Somebody got to pay for Jr's tuition this semester.

[AndyLate]

I have pretty severe plantar fachitis (sp?) and my podiatrist recommended against surgery because it almost never works. Mobic helps me a lot, along with stretching and attention to footwear. I am sure that being fat and lazy is aggravating mine now, but you don't have that problem.

Andy

[Doc Safari]

Steyr: About halfway through your first post I was ready for you to say it really was a thumbtack stuck in your shoe.

I once had a tooth that the top disintegrated because of a cavity that ate away around the rim. The first dentist I went to said I needed a root canal, a crown, and all sorts of other stuff that was going to cost over $2,000. I got a second opinion from another dentist who said that, yes, there was a cavity but it hadn't hit the nerve so no root canal was needed but he would put a crown on it. The price was less than half that $2,000.

It just goes to show: When in doubt, check it out.

[sundance435]

Steyr: About halfway through your first post I was ready for you to say it really was a thumbtack stuck in your shoe.

I once had a tooth that the top disintegrated because of a cavity that ate away around the rim. The first dentist I went to said I needed a root canal, a crown, and all sorts of other stuff that was going to cost over $2,000. I got a second opinion from another dentist who said that, yes, there was a cavity but it hadn't hit the nerve so no root canal was needed but he would put a crown on it. The price was less than half that $2,000.

It just goes to show: When in doubt, check it out.

I've had the same experience with a dentist - said root canal, got a second opinion - one filling and 10+ years later, no problems.

[SeriousStudent]

So it's been a few years and thought I'd update.


.....People with tight calf muscles like runners or long distance walkers and climbers are going to be especially vulnerable to this kind of thing.

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I did not see this thread when you posted it several years ago. Pretty much the same thing happened to me. Forty years ago I was a serious rock and ice climber, and had incredible pain. I was doing some winter ice climbing in Ouray, Colorado, and a fellow climber taught me that exact trick. It helped a ton.

Glad to hear you are still doing better and kicking ass, so to speak.

[SteyrAUG]

Glad to read the update. It is fantastic that you discovered the cause and solution your self. Very scary that the doctor would say let's try this or that without having a clear idea is downright scary.

These are the same FL doctors who 10 years ago were handing out Oxy like it was Ibuprofin and declaring it was a new "non addictive" wonder drug.

In FL the "consumer demand" for medical services, especially cosmetic shit, has created an environment where they will sell you just about anything you want. I always hated when my GP didn't have an answer and I was sent to a specialist because you really couldn't depend upon them to play detective.

I know people who were going to chiropractors for migraines even though the adjustments did almost nothing for them. The chiro's would emphatically state that their problems were the result of some spinal problem and they needed to relieve the pressure and they would insist their migraines would actually be far, far worse if not for their treatments.

[SteyrAUG]

I have pretty severe plantar fachitis (sp?) and my podiatrist recommended against surgery because it almost never works. Mobic helps me a lot, along with stretching and attention to footwear. I am sure that being fat and lazy is aggravating mine now, but you don't have that problem.

Andy

If you aren't doing it, do a daily 5 minute stretch (ideally once in the morning and once at the end of the day when you are done working) and you just might eliminate the problem completely.

I did not see this thread when you posted it several years ago. Pretty much the same thing happened to me. Forty years ago I was a serious rock and ice climber, and had incredible pain. I was doing some winter ice climbing in Ouray, Colorado, and a fellow climber taught me that exact trick. It helped a ton.

Glad to hear you are still doing better and kicking ass, so to speak.

That's why I bumped this. We have a forum full of active people, some of whom have been around for more than a few decades and this is pretty common. Most of us don't give warm ups and stretching the consideration they deserve because for 20 years we could devote a couple minutes and then get right to whatever activity we were into without consequence.

[SteyrAUG]

Time to bump this again.

So my wife had a slip and fall at work. Back and foot injury. Came back from the chiro and among the list of "problems to be fixed" was heel spurs. I asked her if it felt like she had a tack in her show. Then I put a piece of 2x4 on the ground and had her stand on it with the front of her feet and her heel on the ground. Only took 3 minutes to eliminate the pain. I left the 2x4 section by the front door so she can stretch a couple mins every time she goes in or out.

That will be $6,000 please.

[jsbhike]

Time to bump this again.

So my wife had a slip and fall at work. Back and foot injury. Came back from the chiro and among the list of "problems to be fixed" was heel spurs. I asked her if it felt like she had a tack in her show. Then I put a piece of 2x4 on the ground and had her stand on it with the front of her feet and her heel on the ground. Only took 3 minutes to eliminate the pain. I left the 2x4 section by the front door so she can stretch a couple mins every time she goes in or out.

That will be $6,000 please.

I get it about every other year with the end of this past summer being the most recent. Found this about a month ago and his cross over stretch is the most helpful I have found.

The braces to sleep in help also.

[czgunner]

I switched to zero drop/lift shoes last spring and it is the only thing to help my constant plantar and back pain. Blah, blah they don't look cool. Don't care. I'm pain free for the first time since leaving the Army in '06.
Just my experience.

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